tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409133059265343102024-03-13T07:54:55.554-07:00The GovteachThe Govteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705560819973282422noreply@blogger.comBlogger190125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140913305926534310.post-82747371215349330822018-10-26T12:48:00.001-07:002018-10-26T12:48:44.252-07:00I'm DoneI told you this day was coming and it is here.<br />
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The blog, my Facebook is going to be shut down sometime in the next few hours.<br />
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It is not accomplishing any sort of goal at this point.<br />
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This nation has made some sort of Faustian deal and it is now spiraling out of control. <br />
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It is no longer safe for me to do the blog.<br />
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While many of you understand what I am doing, most of you are too stupid or too naive or too whatever to realize what I am doing.<br />
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I don't know, I guess it is out of control to the point nothing is going to stop it now.<br />
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It's no longer fun. It is no longer safe.<br />
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The school district that I tried and call out to improve is getting worse instead of better. <br />
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Social media is going to be the death of America.<br />
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This blog experiment was a dismal failure.<br />
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I'm tired. It's time to do something else. <br />
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Good bye. The Govteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705560819973282422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140913305926534310.post-42530948455862388652015-08-22T03:30:00.001-07:002015-08-22T03:30:43.230-07:00Turn Out the Lights!<i>" The party's over." </i><br />
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Don Meredith made this Willie Nelson song popular back on MNF. <br />
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Well, the Summer of 2015 is over.<br />
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School starts for everyone on Monday. <br />
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Even I sort of had jumps and jerks the last few mornings. I've started getting up at 5am, like I did for years and years when I was teaching...as I always thought, " Gotta open the place up." " Gotta make coffee." And I did for years. <br />
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Yesterday, several school buses rolled by, drivers learning their new routes, or driving an old one getting ready. <br />
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By now, most teachers have their rooms ready. I know elem. teachers have to decorate their rooms, and in high school, well, giving us a stick of chalk and get out of the way. <br />
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I wonder if I'll wake up Monday morning and shout <b>" ISMS!"</b><br />
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Have a good year folks.The Govteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705560819973282422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140913305926534310.post-73799632492248532852015-08-21T09:57:00.001-07:002015-08-21T09:57:17.498-07:00Market Drop 8/21/2015So, the stock market has dropped anyplace from -250 to -332 today. <br />
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Oil is down, almost to $39 and some change. <br />
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I hate to tell you, it is China. Unfortunately, this is a global market. There are 1.3 billion Chinese and they are driving the world economy right now. <br />
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They markets are down and the Chinese government is artificially propping up their market to keep it from dropping even farther. That is something the American government will not and cannot do. ( illegal)<br />
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To make matters worse, the Chinese have devalued their money in an attempt to control capital outlays....<br />
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As China's economic miracle unwinds, rich domestic investors are tempted to take their money overseas.<br />
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By devaluing its currency, China's central bank makes doing this a lot more expensive and so the country can keep hold of its wealth more easily. That's the plan at least.<br />
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Once again, the Chinese economy is sick, and we are catching a cold. I'm not going to be shocked if China devalues their money another 10%.<br />
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Hang in there. Don't panic if you're in the market. Remember, long term...<br />
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My concern right now is oil and to a perhaps a greater extent, natural gas. N- gas maybe over produced. If so, it might really hurt Shell and Chevron. Those two are about to overproduce gas for the demand. <br />
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Keep an eye on this mess. Once again, teacher retirement is invested heavily in oil stocks, so I am concerned there....<br />
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The Govteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705560819973282422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140913305926534310.post-88748148864488086972015-08-21T05:23:00.002-07:002015-08-21T06:17:27.230-07:00I Get More Ugly Mail!!!I think I may need to get run another purge on Facebook. <br />
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In response to yesterday's blog on sex and people getting into trouble for sex, I received what amounted to a scathing private message. <br />
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It was in defense of Josh Duggar.<br />
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It seems they wanted to defend Duggar, that " he was be persecuted because he was a Christian...you're an idiot..." And it continue on. <br />
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This PM was sent before Josh Duggar issued a press release about his Ashley Madison account....it seems, the account was true. <br />
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Have I received an apology from the person who sent the message? Of course not. And I don't expect them to do so. They have to save face. <br />
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I frequent several sites in which there are many of us who are what is called "done." <br />
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One is full of professionals. Doctors, lawyers, professors, business people, former clergy...I actually feel funny when I post there, that somehow, I am not up to this bunch's standards, and they have accepted me as one of the group is a miracle...<br />
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A member from Scotland posted this yesterday. ( He's still mad at me because we didn't stop by his house for a cuppa when we were there. We just did not have time)<br />
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<i>"What is happening is that an underground church is gradually being created. We’re seeing growing persecution, in other words, of those seeking to follow the risen Jesus rather than a man-made sock-puppet of controlled theology. But here that persecution comes, not from the state, but from within the professing church itself. The closest historical analogue I can think of is not the pre-reformation church of Rome but the creation of imperial Christianity when the Roman empire adopted, and thence inevitably took control of, the church."</i><br />
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And he's right. Today's church ain't cutting it for a bunch of us. And we are being persecuted for not being members.<br />
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It's funny, if you look at history, things just do not change. <br />
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The Govteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705560819973282422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140913305926534310.post-64242163609722085722015-08-20T16:58:00.002-07:002015-08-20T16:58:59.664-07:00Okay, I Throw a FitI understand if you need help with a Lone Star Card. <br />
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Espcially if you have kids or if you are getting older. <br />
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That said....<br />
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Today, I go to the local dollar store and get behind a woman who I know was pushing 300+ pounds with well, 4 hefty blonde-headed kids. Being nice calling them hefty. <br />
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They check out with stuff I consider good for children, eggs, sausage, milk, bread, orange juice. Looked like good breakfast items to me...and then, 7 bags of potato chips,( including a couple of the new Lay's biscuit and gravy) 3 bags of candy... big bags, 2 bags of Chips-ahoy. And before they're even paid for, the kids are tearing open the bags of chips. One dropped chips all over the place and she takes a swing at him and misses.( I understand getting a bag of chips, or cookies for the kids, but multiples?)<br />
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Then, once the cashier gets all the stuff checked, and the lady has placed all her items in her basket ( she'd gotten some other non-food items, she starts to dig through her purse. She can't find her card. She digs,and digs, and frickin' digs. )<br />
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She finally finds it after she pours everything out of her purse. On the check out roller dealie. And then, after this, she is short a considerable amount. ( has to pay for the non-Lone Star items.)<br />
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She has to write a check. <br />
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In the process, she screws up and has to start over. <br />
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By now, there are 5 other people in line, and another checker finally shows up, looks at me and says, " can I get you sir?" <br />
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I literally sprint over and check out. <br />
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When I leave with my items, she's still trying to write a check.<br />
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You know, this "I don't give a shit about anyone but myself has got to stop." Espcially when you're already having to live off the system.<br />
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Okay, rant off. The Govteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705560819973282422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140913305926534310.post-1711317580084876172015-08-20T05:35:00.001-07:002015-08-20T07:35:43.252-07:00SEX! SEX SEX!No, this is not what you think. <br />
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Be careful folks when you hero "worship." <br />
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Be they media stars, religious figures, football players...<br />
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Yesterday, two folks in the public eye got into trouble due to sex. <br />
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First Jared Fogel. <br />
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Fogel was the long time Subway spokesperson. He had literally dieted himself into a million dollar contract. <br />
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He had lost 200lbs eating Subway sandwiches and walking. <br />
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Yesterday, he pled guilty to having sex with underage girls and trading underage pornography. <br />
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The world was his oyster. He was one of the luckiest persons on the face of the earth, and he blew it. <br />
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Second Josh Duggar.<br />
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The Duggars were heroes in the Christian world. And Josh had parlayed that into a lobbying career in Washington D.C. <br />
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He originally had gotten into the trouble for molesting underage girls when he was a youth....well, you can sort of forgive him for that, sort of, if the family had not swept the incident under the rug. <br />
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Yesterday, it seems Josh had been trying to have affairs on the Ashley Madison site. ( He's married with 4 kids)<br />
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He's paid $1000 to the site.<br />
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And what was his job as a lobbyist? To stop gay marriage. <br />
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What did Jesus say in Matthew 7:3? "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? " <br />
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Be careful who you listen to folks....worry about yourself. It's YOU that has to make it to the next level. The Govteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705560819973282422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140913305926534310.post-68773895483239676082015-08-20T04:10:00.001-07:002015-08-20T04:10:50.354-07:00Gov. Abbott Going to Hell?So, this past weekend, the Governor of Texas, Gregg Abbott wrote on his Facebook that Saturday was the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The day she was taken to heaven at the end of her life. <br />
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Abbott and his family are Catholic. <br />
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This day is celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. <br />
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The response to this posting by Gov. Abbott was met was some pretty ugly remarks. <br />
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People came out of the ' wood-works' attacking his being Catholic. <br />
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He was called an " Idol worshiper." And honestly, many people were upset when they found out he was Catholic. <br />
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Is this 2015? Or are we going to fight wars like they did in 17th Century Europe over Protestant vs. Catholic? <br />
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This is America. Do we not have freedom to worship as we see fit? You know, I thought we might be past this, but, I think this religious " hatred " might be coming back. <br />
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These same people called for America to become a Christian nation.....which form? There are 20,000 different denominations in America alone. If we decided to switch to a theocracy, we would change into a Mess just like they have in the Middle East. People would be blowing up other people...over religion....<br />
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Disclaimer, I have close fiends and family who are Roman Catholic, I fully expect them to " make it" and they fully expect me to " make it." <br />
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BTW- there are 10,000,000 Texans who do not belong to any church. The largest church membership in Texas is Catholic with 4,700,000.The Govteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705560819973282422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140913305926534310.post-62769898626876678302015-08-19T05:41:00.003-07:002015-08-19T05:41:46.318-07:00Son of a ......I got old. <br />
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I was just in high school, hell, college....<br />
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I amazed at how fast the time has went by. <br />
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I think I deserve a treat for living this long....there ain't no Blue Bell, but Adams has a new pecan pie ice cream. Think I may try some....and maybe some cookies.....hope I don't go into some sort of diabetic shock. <br />
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Once again, the old adage...." if I knew I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself. " The Govteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705560819973282422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140913305926534310.post-77341262014528622332015-08-18T10:57:00.002-07:002015-08-18T11:09:02.347-07:00Kind of a Serious BlogYou may or may not believe this, but I try to keep up with you. And it's sort of hard sometimes. I taught 3500-4000 kids in my career. <br />
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I espcially want to hear if you need prayer, thoughts....<br />
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I know it is odd coming from me, but I pray more than you think. Often about some of y'all. Even though, I cuss, fuss, and throw things, I am pretty religious. <br />
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Today, I just learned about an accident in which a former student of mine was pretty seriously injured. <br />
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Please, don't assume I know. Send me a PM. An email. A text. Even if I hear about it ten times, that's okay. The Govteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705560819973282422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140913305926534310.post-49847512611968564742015-08-18T05:54:00.000-07:002015-08-18T05:58:17.938-07:00You Know, You Never Know About Folks....You know, we just do not know about folks. <br />
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The story about the 16 year old who was shot breaking into the home at 2:30am makes me think this. <br />
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The story is the 16 year old was wearing a bandana or some sort of mask when he broke in. <br />
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I am not blaming the homeowner. I would have done the same thing. I would have been scared out of my wits. <br />
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The teen's family is upset about the shooting, and families always will be. <br />
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That said, I am reminded of a story of a student I had at another district in the Houston area. I had a student arrested in class by DPS, sheriff and local police. <br />
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It seems the young man had shot and killed a woman while burgling her home the evening before. <br />
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The boy was very active in the school's Christian groups and was even president of the local Youth for Christ. <br />
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His father, a local minister, had to resign and leave the area. <br />
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The boy is still in state prison.<br />
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Then, this morning, one of ABC News' lead stories was about a high school senior at one the most prestigious schools in America, St. Paul's in New Hampshire being tried for raping a freshman girl. <br />
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The boy ambition was to go to Harvard Divinity School.( You go there to become a minister.)<br />
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No, you never know about folks. <br />
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If you have a teen, this might be a teaching moment. The Govteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705560819973282422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140913305926534310.post-35997400271509880672015-08-17T17:00:00.002-07:002015-08-17T17:00:49.445-07:00KFC Just Doesn't Get It.....So, KFC has replaced the perverted Col. Sanders with another questionable replacement. <br />
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Norm MacDonald, who I actually like as an actor will now play the legendary Col. Harland Sanders. <br />
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MacDonald is not from the South, hell, he's not even an American. He's from Canada. <br />
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I am wondering how this will play out. It has got to be better than the Col. Sanders, who I am sure was on the sex- offenders list. <br />
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The real question is this.....why can't they get a Southerner to play a Southerner? You know, we already speak the lingo and have the accent.The Govteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705560819973282422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140913305926534310.post-55027867755601124382015-08-17T14:25:00.001-07:002015-08-17T14:32:01.504-07:00Blue Bell Back...But Not to Beaumont Area? So, there will be a four part return of Blue Bell ice cream to the State of Texas. <br />
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However, the Beaumont-Pt. Arthur area is NOT in the first phase of distribution. <br />
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Here are phases II-IV<br />
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Phase Two: North central Texas and southern Oklahoma<br />
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Phase Three: Southwest Texas and central Oklahoma<br />
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Phase Four: The majority of Texas and southern Louisiana.<br />
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Let me read this correctly....We might be in Phase IV. <br />
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Here's a map of Phase I. To start around Aug. 31. ( Will this national nightmare ever end?)<br />
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The Govteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705560819973282422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140913305926534310.post-20575928891138697142015-08-17T11:02:00.001-07:002015-08-17T13:10:02.410-07:00Bigfoot! In Sabine River Bottom? Not OUR Sabine River bottom, however, who knows what's running around in the bottoms of Newton County. <br />
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This story is out of Panola County, North of here. <br />
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Story is a hunter sees a Bigfoot creature kill a full grown hog. The hunter is in a stand with a rifle, and doesn't shoot the creature. <br />
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Now, for years, I have heard stories, legends of a man like creature living in Deep East Texas. <br />
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There is supposedly one or two near our family farm in Northeast Texas. There are scary stories told by the old timers, and I'll be honest, there are areas I won't go to on our farm on foot without a firearm. ( not just bigfoots, but bobcats, coyotes, and other critters that also walk on two legs. Espcially during deer season...) <br />
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I have family members who swear they have seen a creature when they were traveling in Arkansas, and in Arkansas, who knows what it was. ( these are not family members to make stuff up....they saw something, don't know what, but it spooked them.)<br />
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All I know is, I don't go outside much without a shirt on....<br />
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The Govteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705560819973282422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140913305926534310.post-32800656750283821512015-08-17T05:02:00.000-07:002015-08-17T05:12:26.071-07:00Getting Married? Not Getting Married? Wish I could Get Married?I have received three questions, requests, over the last few weeks over the lack of local judges to marry folks. <br />
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This of course stems from the Supreme Court's decision to allow gays to marry. <br />
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It is a pure "political" move and in truth, I really can't same I blame them. <br />
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The local judges have been put into a " no win" situation. To make their constituents happy, they have stopped all marriages. Gay, straight, whatever. <br />
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This basically leaves the marriage business to the local clergy and if you want a civil, not religious wedding, where does it leave you? And guess what, there's a bunch of folks who are just not religious...and local pastors generally won't marry folks outside of the parishioners...<br />
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Church folks, this may make you upset, unhappy, whatever, the people outside of the church are growing. Rapidly. <br />
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You can blame the devil, the internet, the church and its now lack of missionary spirit, again, whatever, it is growing. I am guessing there are three or four people in Jasper and Orange Counties who stay home for every one who attend church....including the writer of this blog. Sorry, just nothing left at the denomination I grew up in for me. ( But this is another blog.) <br />
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I seriously have though about re-frocking myself through one of those online ordination ministries, and doing weddings. Free for folks I like. ( Texas is pretty liberal about marriage. We still have very liberal "Common Law" marriage. I have a friend I literally love to death who is married in this manner, and both me and the State of Texas consider their marriage as legit as one performed by Bishop Guillory at St. Anthony's Cathedral in downtown Beaumont.) <br />
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Oh, don't worry about me going to hell for re-frocking myself. If I make it, it'll be just like you, on a technicality. The Govteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705560819973282422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140913305926534310.post-84868185183734415682015-08-16T07:44:00.001-07:002015-08-16T07:44:05.856-07:00Colder Than Normal Winter? So, the Old Farmer's Almanac has predicted a " colder than normal" winter. <br />
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After last week, I think we'd all welcome some sort of relief. 102F in SE Texas? Too damn hot. <br />
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Here's the deal folks, I like cold weather. But then at some point, I decide " enough is enough." And want it to warm up. <br />
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Sure, I think it'd be 'cool' if one time in my life it snowed on Christmas Eve, or Christmas Day. ( We came close in 1980s, it snowed Dec. 23rd, not much, but it snowed.) <br />
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I've also sat in the backyard on Christmas Day because it was a warm sunny day. <br />
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Trouble is, don't nobody know. <br />
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I watch both the " Aggie weather-guessers" during the week, and both those guys do not know, they just guess what tomorrow's weather will be. <br />
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I swear they use chicken bones, a dart board, the phase of the moon, just like some unnamed school districts use to figure GPAs, to guess the forecast.<br />
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Look, we all went to bed thinking Rita was going ashore down Southwest of Houston. We saw how that worked out. <br />
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I know at this point we all want it to be cooler. We want " football weather." <br />
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Hang in there folks, it will get cooler....<br />
The Govteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705560819973282422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140913305926534310.post-74081477201365151462015-08-14T13:56:00.003-07:002015-08-14T13:56:49.672-07:00You Know, Sometimes I Hate You People....Actually, I don't ...however. <br />
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You know, it's hard to keep on my weight maintenance program reading Facebook. <br />
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Chocolate cakes....Turtle Chocolate cakes.....<br />
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14 types of coconut pie. <br />
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19 kinds of Nanner pudding. <br />
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Ev Hatch posted a crab pie that looks like 2900 calories a slice.<br />
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And those of you who post the photos of the 22 cows you are barbecueing for supper. <br />
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( Speaking of calories, did you see that JJ Watt eats 9000 calories a day To maintain his weight? ) <br />
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And today, someone who knows I love pecan pie, sent me an article about M&Ms coming out with pecan pie flavored M&Ms for the Fall. <br />
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Sometimes I hate you folks...<br />
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http://www.ajc.com/news/lifestyles/food-cooking/mms-releases-new-fall-flavor-pecan-pie/nnKKW/The Govteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705560819973282422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140913305926534310.post-41716818631517788562015-08-14T08:44:00.000-07:002015-08-14T08:44:47.486-07:00Some People Need a Good Killing. So, today Connecticut has decide to spare the life of all the people they have on death row. <br />
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Including the two men who killed and raped the wife and then raped both the 17 year old daughter and 11 year old daughter of Dr. William Petit of that state...<br />
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Then after murdering the wife and daughters, they set the bodies on fire, in an attempt to cover up evidence. <br />
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I'm am sorry, there are people who need a good killing. <br />
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The Connecticut Supreme Court did away with the death penalty because it was the "decent thing to do.."<br />
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Where was decency when these guys were raping and murdering? <br />
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These guys can get visits from their family, be able to attend college, celebrate holidays....something the Petit daughters will never enjoy. <br />
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I am sorry, but from time to time, the death penalty needs to be carried out. <br />
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I know there were people in the Texas Christian community who were upset when then Gov. George Bush did not commute the death sentence of Karla Faye Tucker after she " found Jesus " on death row...never mind she helped "finish off" a dying man with a pickaxe and then killed a woman with that same pickaxe. ( A lot of people think it was a death row conversion, to keep get her sentence changed to life in prison.) <br />
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Once again, it makes you wonder...just what the courts are thinking? The Govteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705560819973282422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140913305926534310.post-59601423601918396652015-08-14T04:45:00.002-07:002015-08-14T04:45:58.962-07:0034Today is my 34th Anniversary of marrying the love of my life, Debbie. <br />
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I am sure for her it has been a rodeo. <br />
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Being married to me is...well, different. Kerry Don Thomas is a different breed of animal, and those of you who read the blog know this. Just when she thinks she knows what's in my mind, I surprise her. <br />
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I am hoping I can make it another 16. That way we can call it an even 50......at least 50 is my goal. ( I'll be 73...if I make it that long it'll be a miracle out of scripture. )<br />
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Thank you for putting up with me Deborah. The Govteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705560819973282422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140913305926534310.post-55833756683933107612015-08-13T11:21:00.000-07:002015-08-13T11:21:33.677-07:00I Can't Figure It OUT....I am telling you the U.S., heck, the world's economy is not in good shape. <br />
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Sure, the Dow is up a little today, but everything else is pretty much down. ( Including the long term U.S. Stock Market.) <br />
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Then I look at oil and it is down $1.20 to $ 42 a barrel. It may go below $ 42 by the close of market. CNBC and Fox Business both keep flashing the oil price, FBN has it big on its' channel. ( and here's a questionable new item, gasoline prices in the Upper Midwest have risen due to a processing plant problem in that region....and the plant is owned by BP.....huh? Makes you wonder?)<br />
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China is in bad shape, Brazil is in bad shape, Argentina is in bad shape....<br />
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And the thing is, most economic news is bad...<br />
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Folks, it is concerning. <br />
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Oil is now below $42....<br />
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I am thinking about putting my money in mayonnaise jars and bury them under the pit bull's house....The Govteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705560819973282422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140913305926534310.post-55212909252226064322015-08-13T04:44:00.000-07:002015-08-13T06:20:09.627-07:00Again, and I Hate to Do This So Soon...Please ReadIn the next month you will hear a great deal of gloom and doom. <br />
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The earth is to once again " End" in the month of September.....next month....<br />
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It's all over the internet. <br />
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It's all over AM radio. <br />
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It's all over Shortwave radio. ( Art Bell, the ghosts are in the kitchen, bigfoot is screwing my wife, UFOs are landing on the South Lawn of the White House is back. He's on several AM, FM and SW radio stations.)<br />
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The theories include...<br />
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-There is a Messianic Jewish Rabbi who is saying there will be a total collapse of the financial markets of the US. <br />
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- The government is going to reveal that there is life from other planets actually visiting the earth....and the Vatican and the Catholic Church is supporting the revelation..( The Catholic Church for years has said they do not have a problem baptizing little green men.) <br />
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- Then there is the 4 blood moon theory. John Hagee the pastor in San Antonio has been saying for a while now that the earth is ending or there will be turmoil due to the 4th blood moon....which is in September. <br />
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- Finally, there are a group of so-called " rogue astronomers" and so called cosmic experts who are claiming an asteroid with hit the earth at the end of September....the asteroid will hit near Puerto Rico and wipe out most of the east coast with a tidal wave, including the Texas Gulf coast. <br />
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Don't get all stirred up. <br />
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Once again, no one knows the time, even the Angels in heaven. <br />
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Trouble is, I have never seen people more unhappy than they are in this country. We are so unhappy in this nation, I would not be shocked if the uneasy civility we have in America ended. <br />
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Let's face it, there's underlying mistrust and while it has always been there, it is starting to bubble to the top. <br />
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Just look at changes going on in the nation. And people on both sides are not happy. <br />
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So, stuff to be aware of over the month. Don't panic, but be aware. <br />
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The Govteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705560819973282422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140913305926534310.post-38636839954847230782015-08-12T16:56:00.002-07:002015-08-12T16:56:28.781-07:00Kicking 92 Yr. Old Woman Out of Church for Non-Tithing...So, a church in Georgia has kicked a woman, 92 year old woman, out of church for not giving her tithe. <br />
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The sad part is the woman was sick, not attending church, and no one from the pastor to church staff to deacons, checked on the poor lady to have known. <br />
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And then at 92, I think I would have given her some slack. <br />
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This money and church, this money and church. <br />
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Jesus was all over money and the church. <br />
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The sad part is the atheists are having a field day on this topic, on their site. <br />
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It's time for me to write on the tithe again isn't it? <br />
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http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/08/12/church-kicks-out-92-year-old-woman-for-not-tithing/The Govteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705560819973282422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140913305926534310.post-7023736249355173232015-08-12T04:12:00.000-07:002015-08-12T04:12:49.358-07:00Man, How Much Would You Give Me To Do This???Today is supposed to be the so-called " General Assembly" at the Buna ISD.<br />
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I am tempted to go there for the morning assembly, dress to the nines, coat, bow-tie, penny loafers, dress very prep, and do one of the following three things...<br />
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- Go to the morning meeting, fix myself a cup of coffee, grab a couple of doughnuts and leave. <br />
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- Go the meeting, get the coffee and doughnuts, and go over and kiss Mrs. Darling....smack on the mouth...and leave...<br />
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- Go to the meeting, get the coffee and doughnuts and as I leave, shoot the finger at people I don't care for....<br />
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Trouble is I have been out so long 1/2 the faculty and staff won't know who I am, and with the weight loss, a bunch of old timers might not know me either...<br />
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I go a doctor's appointment this morning, so it won't happen. <br />
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Might be for the best. I don't feel like a free ride in the back of a sheriff's car to Jasper. <br />
The Govteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705560819973282422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140913305926534310.post-14059400444826992952015-08-11T06:23:00.003-07:002015-08-11T06:23:41.885-07:00I Knew I Should Have Failed You in Economics. There is a meme going around concerning the Obama administration spending $360 million dollars to promote Obamacare. <br />
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Then the meme says that there are only 317 million Americans. It would be easier just to give us all a million dollars.<br />
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No, do the math. <br />
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The government would actually only be giving us $1.13.....<br />
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I knew I should have failed more of you in economics. <br />
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Dumbass....smh<br />
The Govteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705560819973282422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140913305926534310.post-67973398659635968272015-08-10T05:48:00.000-07:002015-08-10T06:01:56.701-07:00If Anyone Wants to Know, or Was CuriousOur son has moved back in with us. <br />
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It has been an interesting month. He's been out of the house since 2006. <br />
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He pretty much has lived on his own since he graduated from high school, and went to college. <br />
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As many of you know, he lived in S. Korea for a year, South Texas for a year, and was in Jasper for a couple of years. <br />
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He was in Jasper working 70-80 hours a week, Saturday's and Sunday's at school, for basically $3000 a yr. more than the regular teacher and asked himself, " can I do this for another 35 years?" ( and the district he was in would have kept him probably for those years.) <br />
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As he said, he had no social life, no free time, the possibility of finding an age appropriate girlfriend or someone to date was slim. ( Say what you want, by age 25, most girls in this area are married, and the district he taught at had no single ladies.)<br />
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So, he asked to move home and go back to school. <br />
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Say what you want, Lamar is a value. So much cheaper than Texas or A&M. <br />
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He's taking science classes. Perhaps go into the medical field of some sort.( Looking hard at that.) At worse, get a science and math certificate and if you got a math cert, you can move anyplace in the state. <br />
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So, if anyone was curious, he's home...and in truth, it's been sort of nice. The Govteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705560819973282422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140913305926534310.post-50066640873007243942015-08-09T17:08:00.002-07:002015-08-09T17:14:31.196-07:00This Week.....The inservice period for teachers start this week. My understanding is the first couple of days are technology and some other waste of a day. <br />
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The " General Assembly " for Buna ISD I understand is on Wednesday. <br />
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This past week, the Washington Post published an article saying that research has finally discovered what us teachers have known for years. Inservice is a waste of time and money. Literally, billions of tax dollars a year are spent by schools on the latest, greatest way to educate the kids. Five years from now, it'll be some new tripe some college professor has dreamed up. <br />
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Don't nobody learn nothing....it's bullshit if they tell you they do....<br />
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I'm telling you it's a racket. People who can't teach, can't be decent administrators, wind up doing workshops, for serious coin....and you're paying for them...big damn tax money<br />
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I said for years when I was still in the classroom, I'd rather have the kids in the room than sit in a workshop. I loved teaching. I hated workshops. I'd rather pull my toenails out with pliers.... Looking back on my last years in classroom, I wish I would have gotten my doctor to write me a note, and used up those state personal days I wound up giving back. He would have. He knows how bad professional workshops are. <br />
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I am telling you, retirement is great. <br />
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On a better note for the week. The Perseid Meteor Shower is suppose to be really good this year. The morning of Aug. 13th, 80 meteors an hour can be seen. ( according to NASA, now watch it be a flop.) I may hit the floor early to look...The Govteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705560819973282422noreply@blogger.com0